Researcher profile #6344

BERGUA
Valérie
Senior Lecturer in Psychogerontology
Which conditions or patient groups does your research focus on?
Assignment
Bordeaux Population Health Research Center
BPH / U 1219
Université de Bordeaux
146 rue Léo Saignat
33076 BORDEAUX CEDEX
Your fields of study
Epidemiology
Gerontology
Psychology
Keywords (3–5) specifying your research topics
Caregivers
Support in the agonic phase
Support practices
Terminal sedation
Clinical psychology
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Selected publications

Psychogérontologie : 5 leçons fondées sur des cas cliniques. Hélène Amieva, Valérie Bergua, Stéphane Adam. Editions De Boeck 2018

Aidons les aidants, osons l’Aidance ! Valérie Bergua, Jean Bouisson. Editions In Press, Collection Ouvertures Psy 2021

Bergua V., Rullier L. (2015). Le concept de fardeau et ses méthodes d’évaluation (pp. 67-80). In « L’aide aux aidants : à l’aide ! Concepts, modèles, méthodes et défis » Sous la direction de J. Bouisson et H. Amieva. Editions In Press, Collection Ouvertures Psy

Amieva H., Bergua V., Rullier L. (2015). Le PAPSA (pp. 133-142). In « L’aide aux aidants : à l’aide ! Concepts, modèles, méthodes et défis » Sous la direction de J. Bouisson et H. Amieva. Editions In Press, Collection Ouvertures Psy

Mélin, M., Amieva, H., Frasca, M., Ouvrard, C., Berger, V., Hoarau, H., Roumiguière, C., Paternostre, B., Stadelmaier, N., Raoux, N., Bergua, V., & Burucoa, B. (2020). Support practices by an interdisciplinary team in a palliative-care unit for relatives of patients in agonal phase. BMC palliative care, 19(1), 173. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00680-4.

Frasca M, Martinez-Tapia C, Jean C, Chanteclair A, Galvin A, Bergua V, Hagege M, Caillet P, Laurent M, Brain E, Mathoulin-Pélissier S, Paillaud E, Canoui-Poitrine F. (2024). Serious Health-Related Suffering Impairs Treatments and Survival in Older Patients With Cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 68(5):506-515.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.08.002 

Mélin M, Roumiguière C, Frasca M, Berger V, Hoarau H, Paternostre B, Stadelmaier N, Pic O, Bergua V, Groupe PROPAGE 2, Amieva H, Burucoa B. (2025). Practices for supporting relatives of patients in the agonal phase by an interdisciplinary team in palliative care units. consensus research (PROPAGE 2). BMC Palliative Care 24, 126. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01740-3 

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